- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- August 8, 1984
Richard Deacon
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows on The Dick Van Dyke Show (as milksop producer Mel Cooley) and Leave It to Beaver (as Lumpy's self-aggrandizing father Fred Rutherford). He also had minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Filmography
movieThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 · City Councilman
movieBad Manners
1984 · Ticket Salesman
movieThe Awakening of Cassie
1982
movieNo Man's Valley
1981 · Panda (voice)
movieThe Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 · Joseph Rottman
movieMurder Can Hurt You!
1980 · Mr. Burnice
movieThe Gossip Columnist
1980 · Director
movieSteve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · King of Cey What
tvTrapper John, M.D.
1979
moviePiranha
1978 · Earl Lyon
movieGetting Married
1978 · Wedding Director
movieRabbit Test
1978 · First Newscaster
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Dr. Yates
tvCHiPs
1977 · Mr. Singleton
tvAlice
1976
tvWhat's Happening!!
1976 · Mr. Bradford
movieThe Man from Clover Grove
1975 · Charlie Strange
tvThe Lost Saucer
1975
Honeymoon Suite
1972
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971 · , Luther Dorfman
tvThe Pet Set
1971 · Self
tvNight Gallery
1970 · Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Charlie, Charles Furman, Boyd Daniels
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Mr. Witherspoon
movieLady in Cement
1968 · Arnie Sherwin
tvHere's Lucy
1968 · Harvey Hoople, Loan Officer
movieThe Narco Men
1968 · Records Clerk
movieThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Charlie Wrenn
movieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Dean Wheaton
tvThe Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Roger Buell
movieThe King's Pirate
1967 · Swaine
movieThe Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Ralph Yarby
movieEnter Laughing
1967 · Pike
tvRango
1967
tvThe Pruitts of Southampton
1966 · Baldwin
movieLt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 · Survival Manual Narrator
movieDon't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Carol Channing Show
1966 · Leon Thatcher
movieBillie
1965 · Principal Arnold Wilson
movieThat Darn Cat!
1965 · Drive-in-Manager
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Harley Z. Poof
tvGet Smart
1965 · Internship Doctor (uncredited)
tvGreen Acres
1965 · Mr. Oglethorpe
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Maginot
movieDear Heart
1965 · Mr. Cruikshank
tvThe Munsters
1964 · Borden T. Pike
tvThe Addams Family
1964 · Mortimer Phelps
movieThe Patsy
1964 · Sy Devore
movieThe Raiders
1963 · Commissioner Mailer
movieWho's Minding the Store?
1963 · Tie Salesman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Self
tvMy Favorite Martian
1963 · Mr. Bentley
movieThe Birds
1963 · Mitch's City Neighbor
movieCritic's Choice
1963 · Harvey Rittenhouse
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · , Mr. Brubaker
movieThat Touch of Mink
1962 · Mr. Miller
movieAbout Time
1962 · The Butler
movieEverything's Ducky
1961 · Dr. Deckham
movieLover Come Back
1961 · Dr. Melnick
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Mel Cooley
tv87th Precinct
1961 · Martin
movieAll in a Night's Work
1961 · Fur Salesman (uncredited)
tvMister Ed
1961 · , Tatti (voice) (uncredited), Dr. Baker
movieNorth to Alaska
1960 · Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
tvMy Three Sons
1960
tvGuestward, Ho!
1960
tvPete and Gladys
1960
movieA Summer Place
1959 · Pawnbroker (uncredited)
movie-30-
1959 · Chapman
tvThe Untouchables
1959 · Bill Skidmore
tvHawaiian Eye
1959 · Funeral Director
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959
movieThe Man Who Understood Women
1959 · Rossi (uncredited)
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Wallace V. Whipple
tvThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Cecil Ellingboe
tvBonanza
1959 · Captain Shark
movieIt Started with a Kiss
1959 · Capt. Porter (uncredited)
movieThe Silent Kill
1959 · Michael Gilmore
movieThe Young Philadelphians
1959 · George Archibald
movieThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · Sheriff
movieThe Last Hurrah
1958 · Graves (uncredited)
movieA Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 · Milburn Schroeder
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Wallace Friend
tvThe Rifleman
1958
tvThe Ed Wynn Show
1958 · Conway
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958 · , Mr. Conroy
movieThe High Cost of Loving
1958 · Obstetrician (uncredited)
movieJack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957 · Shirt Salesman
movieKiss Them for Me
1957 · Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
movieDecision at Sundown
1957 · Reverend Zaron
tvThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Winslow (uncredited)
movieMy Man Godfrey
1957 · Farnsworth
tvLeave It to Beaver
1957 · Fred Rutherford
tvThe Real McCoys
1957 · , Mr. Laidlaw
tvMaverick
1957 · Floyd Gimbel
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Wilmer Beaslee
tvThe Thin Man
1957
movieThe Hired Man
1957 · Harry Attwood
movieDesigning Woman
1957 · Larry Musso (uncredited)
tvDate with the Angels
1957
movieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
movieSpring Reunion
1957 · Sidney (uncredited)
movieAffair in Reno
1957 · H.L. Denham
tvAnnette
1957 · Uncle Archie McCleod
movieThe Power and the Prize
1956 · Howard Carruthers
movieThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · Williams (uncredited)
movieThe Proud Ones
1956 · Barber (uncredited)
movieThe Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 · Big Trout
movieHot Blood
1956 · Mr. Swift (uncredited)
movieInvasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited), Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
movieGood Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Paul Erickson
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
movieMy Sister Eileen
1955 · Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
tvNavy Log
1955
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Botkin
movieLay That Rifle Down
1955 · Glover Speckleton
movieThis Island Earth
1955 · Pilot (uncredited)
movieAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Semu
movieBlackboard Jungle
1955 · Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Jeweler, Foundation Rep. Gibson
moviePrince of Players
1955 · Theatre Manager
tvThe Bob Cummings Show
1955 · District Attorney
movieCry Vengeance
1954 · Bartender at The Cameo Room
movieDésirée
1954 · Etienne Clary
tvDecember Bride
1954 · James, Desi Arnaz's Butler, Bud Hodges
moviePrivate Hell 36
1954 · Mr. Mace (uncredited)
movieShield for Murder
1954 · The Professor
movieThem!
1954 · Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
tvPublic Defender
1954 · Truant Officer
tvThe Danny Thomas Show
1953 · John Savich
movieInvaders from Mars
1953 · MP
tvThe Life Of Riley
1953 · Chauffeur
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Planter O'Toole
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Dr. Thomas Gregory
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950 · Shirt Salesman
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Sheldon, Norton
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
Ford Theatre
1948